PAULINE POV
I couldn’t stop looking out the window. My breath fogged the glass, but I didn’t care. I wiped it with my sleeve just so I could keep staring out at the trees—tall, frosted, majestic—towering around the road like a welcoming army. The Winter Pack was nestled in my favorite place in the whole world. The northern forests surrounding the Great Bear Lake. No wonder I found them on that trail. No wonder fate led me there.
We reached the gates, two tall structures of wrought iron and wood carved with symbols I didn’t yet understand, and Rett squeezed my hand. A silent reassurance. My eyes darted to the rearview mirror where Robert was watching me, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth. Killian, sitting in the driver’s seat, gave me a look of calm understanding—he was ki
